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Books like Matilda 1988
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Matilda
Books closest to Matilda
Fantastic Mr Fox 1970Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
Johnny and the Dead 1993Also classical in form, resolved and contemporary
Bunnicula 1979Also resolved, classical in form and intimate
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More 1977Also classical in form, resolved and spare
The Enormous Crocodile 1978Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
Room on the Broom 2001Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
Esio Trot 1990Also resolved, classical in form and spare
The Mouse and the Motorcycle 1965Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Bell, Book and Candle 1951Also resolved, classical in form and intimate
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy 1983Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
Hoot 2002Also resolved, classical in form and contemporary
The Body 2019Also resolved, contemporary and classical in form
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Matilda 1996Also resolved, classical in form and contemporary
Miss Granny 2014Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
The School of Rock 2003Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
Games
Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings 2015Also resolved, classical in form and contemporary
Critter Crunch 2007Also resolved, classical in form and intimate
Peggle 2 2013Also resolved, classical in form and intimate
Series
Jonathan Creek 1997Also resolved, classical in form and contemporary
My Secret Identity 1988Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Slam Dunk 1993Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Albums
- #16 1963Also classical in form, resolved and spare
- Bullets in the Gun 2010Also classical in form, resolved and contemporary
- Good Luck Boy 1975Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
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